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React Native Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

IMAP using SOCKS5, SOCKS4 Proxy

Demonstrates how to connect to an IMAP server through a SOCKS5 or SOCKS4 proxy.

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import { Email, EmailBundle, Imap, MessageSet } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const imap = new Imap();

  // To use a SOCKS4 or SOCKS5 proxy, simply set the following
  // properties prior to connecting with the IMAP server:
  // The SOCKS hostname may be a domain name or 
  // IP address:
  imap.socksHostname = 'www.mysocksproxyserver.com';
  imap.socksPort = 1080;
  imap.socksUsername = 'myProxyLogin';
  imap.socksPassword = 'myProxyPassword';
  // Set the SOCKS version to 4 or 5 based on the version
  // of the SOCKS proxy server:
  imap.socksVersion = 5;
  // Note: SOCKS4 servers only support usernames without passwords.
  // SOCKS5 servers support full login/password authentication.

  // Connect to an IMAP server through the SOCKS proxy.
  // Use TLS
  imap.ssl = true;
  imap.port = 993;
  try {
    await imap.connectAsync('imap.example.com');
  } catch {
    console.log(imap.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Login
  try {
    await imap.loginAsync('myLogin', 'myPassword');
  } catch {
    console.log(imap.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Select an IMAP mailbox
  try {
    await imap.selectMailboxAsync('Inbox');
  } catch {
    console.log(imap.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Get the message IDs of all the emails in the mailbox
  // We can choose to fetch UIDs or sequence numbers.
  const fetchUids = true;
  const messageSet = new MessageSet();
  try {
    await imap.queryMbxAsync('ALL', fetchUids, messageSet);
  } catch {
    console.log(imap.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Fetch the emails into a bundle object:
  const bundle = new EmailBundle();
  const headersOnly = false;
  try {
    await imap.fetchMsgSetAsync(headersOnly, messageSet, bundle);
  } catch {
    console.log(imap.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Loop over the bundle and display the FROM and SUBJECT of each.
  const email = new Email();
  let i = 0;
  const numEmails = bundle.messageCount;
  while (i < numEmails) {

    bundle.emailAt(i, email);

    console.log(email.from);
    console.log(email.subject);
    console.log('--');
    i++;
  }

  // Disconnect from the IMAP server.
  await imap.disconnectAsync();
}